| A | B |
|---|
| President at the beginning of the Great Depression | Herbert Hoover |
| Elected President in 1933 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| FDR's plan to get the US out of the Depression | The New Deal |
| Community Conservation Corps | created jobs for unemployed mens |
| Rural Electrification Administration | loaned farmer coop's money to electrify rural areas |
| Agricultural Adjustment Administration | helped raise the price of cotton |
| boll weevil | beetle from Mexico that decimated cotton crops |
| drought | led to the creation of the Dust Bowl |
| Dust Bowl | overworking of the soil combined with strong winds and low rainfall |
| Roaring Twenties | time of celebration and excess that preceded the Great Depression |
| October 29, 1929 | Black Tuesday |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Company | created in 1933 to safeguard the bank accounts of depositors |
| Agricultural Adjustment Administration | sought to raise farm prices by limiting supply |
| Public Works Administration | focused on planning large-scale public works |
| Civil Works Administration | New Deal program that lasted about a year and worked on buildings and bridges |
| National Industrial Recovery Act | a New Deal attempt to stimulate the economy through government regulation |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | created to provide flood control, electricity, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley |
| Federal Housing Authority | designed to regulate mortgages and housing conditions |
| Eugene Talmadge | controversial Georgian who was three-time governor of Georgia |
| Eugene Talmadge | opposed New Deal monies for Georgia |
